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Vengeance of the Void

Alcoholix — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 08:57:23 +0000

Just posted this on the Plaatj.es wiki about fictional stuff. Even tough, this document is a fake it does mean that people are already growing tired of Cataclysm and are looking out to the next big thing in the world of WoW. To be honest, I am not tired of Cataclysm, and am enjoying the new Firelands dailies together with a lot of old content I never finished. Still, a new expansion is always something to be excited about. 2011-07-04 – This document showed up on various news sites, an obvious fake given away by a few things internal documents …

What to do before the Cataclysm hits Azeroth?

Alcoholix — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 06:50:59 +0000

Today I’d like to take a look at possible things to do before WoW’s next expansion hits the shelves, stuff you will probably won’t be able to do after the eruption of mount blackrock. Get Exalted. Why? Chances are that a lot of the classic factions will be removed and exalted status with them will net you a nice Feat of Strength So, which faction will be removed? Nothing is certain ofcourse, but here are my expectations: Hydraxian Waterlords, these guys being the sworn enemies of Ragnaros makes them the perfect candidates for either a big revamp in the expansion …

Path of the Titans

Alcoholix — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:06:22 +0000

In Cataclysm, we will be getting 5 more levels, 5 more talent points, but NOT increased talent trees, instead we will be improving our characters through the Path of the Titans. A new system that will give every class the same options. We will be choosing a path to follow and unlock new ‘talents’ by doing certain quests, defeating certain encounters and through other objectives. The paths will be modeled after the old Titans, creators of Azeroth and the Azerothian races. Altho this system gives me some concerns about the flexibility, and I’m afraid that it will just lead to …

Wallpapers

Alcoholix — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 18:03:00 +0000

With all the exciting Cataclysm news and imagery from Blizzcon I’ve started to make some wallpapers, 3 are finished so far and I post them here in size 1440×900 if anyone is interested in other sizes just post a reply about which one and what size. I’m sifting through all images I can find, so expect some more wallpapers to be posted soon..

The Emerald Wishful Dreaming

Alcoholix — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:02:53 +0000

Something that got pretty much ignored by the whole WoW community is this little sentence from MMO-Champion “On a non related sidenote, I would also like to point out that the old Emerald Dream maps that have been in the game files for years have been slightly updated throughout the 3.2, and in the Build 10072 of the PTRs the Map.dbc file with some of the settings for each zone was updated to make it a 40 Players max zone.”. It was posted right below the now-famous screenshots of the new Haloween masks, but with everybody tripping over new race …

Flying through Azeroth

Alcoholix — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:47:37 +0000

Not too long ago a blue posted this The vanilla flavour lands were never designed with free flight in mind. That, coupled with the introduction of character flight at higher levels gave us a chance to stagger when and how players see content. With changes to mounts and their systems in the past, and those coming our way in the not too distant future with 3.2, this may be addressed further down the line. It’s been discussed at great length of course. I mean, who would not talk about this? There are so many plans for changes and updates to …

Runemastering

Alcoholix — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 08:12:02 +0000

Avene, a guildy of mine, recently dug up an article about Runemaster being a good candidate for the new Hero-class, complete with talent-tree suggestions, class mechanics and some background info. I’ll be doing a small break-down and commentary on this summary since there are some things I don’t completely agree with. Oeverall tho, the Runemaster sounds like a great addition to the game New Hero Class: Runemaster - – - – - – - General Information – - – - – - – - Background Info – Runemasters are monk-like arcane spellcaster and melee fighters who empower themselves with magical …

Bubbling in the Dungeons

Alcoholix — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 08:10:08 +0000

No, this is not an article about Paladin’s in dungeons, this is all about water-based dungeons, inspired by this post from a Blue on the US-boards: We typically never throw anything completely off the drawing board when it comes to conceptualizing fun content. I think there would have to be a good opportunity for a water dungeon in the game first, but more importantly, we’d have to really make sure it would be done right and feel fun. Under water combat can be a little chaotic, especially when using any sort of ground-targeting spell. We wouldn’t want to come out …

Professions

Alcoholix — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:32:00 +0000

After reading this article http://projectlore.com/blog/the-next-expansion-future-tradeskill-design/comment-page-1/#comment-38962 I got to thinking about the new profession for the expansion… A new expansion will ofcourse mean a new profession, lots of speculation is pointing in the woodworking direction. Woodworking, however, has been rumored with for years now and it doesn’t seem like Blizzard will be implementing one soon for numerous reasons. Would woodworking be a crafting or a gathering profession, or maybe both? Either way it will cause a lot of problems. If it would be a crafting profession there is the question of what mats will you use? If it’s a gathering profession …

Worgen debunked?

Alcoholix — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:27:08 +0000

I think not! According to an interview on the Taiwanese gamebase website, the Worgen race speculation has been debunked, read the full translated interview here: http://www.scrollsoflore.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4853 The q&a part talking about the Worgen and Goblin masks.. Q10. Some players datamined the new masks models from Patch 3.2 PTR files. Are they really the hints for the new races in the expension? B: These masks are made for the upcoming in game event Hollow’s End this year. I said it’s too early to connect them to the new races. If there’s gonna have new races in next expension. We will make …